{"id":103205,"date":"2026-07-14T10:38:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T10:38:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/103205\/"},"modified":"2026-07-14T10:38:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T10:38:11","slug":"2-mountain-climbers-found-dead-in-italian-alps-week-after-going-missing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/103205\/","title":{"rendered":"2 mountain climbers found dead in Italian Alps week after going missing"},"content":{"rendered":"

The bodies of two Romanian climbers missing since last week were found Monday in the Gran Paradiso massif in the Italian Alps, authorities told AFP.<\/p>\n

The two Romanian nationals whose ages have not been disclosed had not made contact since leaving a mountain refuge on July 9, according to authorities in the Aosta Valley, a northern region bordering Switzerland and France.<\/p>\n

The two climbers died after falling into a crevasse, ANSA reported<\/a>, citing rescuers.<\/p>\n

After several days of helicopter searches, their bodies were found Monday morning at the bottom of a crevasse about 65 feet deep, regional authorities said.<\/p>\n

Gran Paradiso rises to 4,061 meters within Italy’s oldest national park.<\/p>\n

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Gran Paradiso National Park, in the northwestern Alps, Italy, is seen in this undated photo.<\/p>\n

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Mountain accidents are common in Italy. Earlier this year, a record 13 backcountry skiers, climbers and hikers died in the Italian mountains<\/a> over just one week, including 10 people killed by avalanches.<\/p>\n

In 2025, mountain accidents caused 528 deaths, an increase of 13% compared with the 466 fatalities recorded in 2024, according to the Italian National Alpine and Speleological Rescue Corps (CNSAS).<\/p>\n

In November 2025, five German mountaineers, including a man and his teen daughter<\/a>, died after being hit by an avalanche in South Tyrol, in northern Italy.<\/p>\n

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